Connecticut’s New BRT Line Smashes Ridership Expectations
March 30 marked the launch of CTfastrak, the 10-mile busway running between Hartford and New Britain that has all the ingredients of real bus rapid transit: exclusive lanes, off-board fare collection, level boarding, and multiple routes using the BRT infrastructure.
May 8, 2015
Salt Lake City to Install Nation’s First Protected Intersection for Bicycling
Salt Lake City is on track to implement America's first protected intersection for bicycling this summer.
May 7, 2015
The Real Danger to Children Is Cars, Not Strangers
Free-range parenting is having a moment in the national media, after neighbors in Silver Spring, Maryland, called the police to report that two children of the Meitiv family were frequently seen -- gasp! -- walking home from the park. Whether children need to be supervised all the time or should have the freedom to navigate their community is a surprisingly polarizing topic.
May 7, 2015
Abandoning Maryland’s Purple and Red Lines Would Cost a Lot
Since his election in November, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has been threatening to kill two major transit projects that are nearly ready to begin construction. Both the Purple Line and the Red Line are among the most significant transit expansions in the country right now.
May 6, 2015
American Roads Depend on Handouts From Bus Riders, Cyclists, Pedestrians
Once upon a time in America, the road system was largely funded by the gas tax. But that was many Highway Trust Fund bailouts ago.
May 5, 2015
A Fix for Parking Craters Gains Momentum in Providence
Like many American cities, Providence has a downtown parking crater problem. About 70 acres of prime land in the central business district is occupied by surface parking.
May 5, 2015
Study: Most Roads Don’t Pay for Themselves
Most American roads -- even the most highly trafficked -- are financial losers. That's a major finding from a new study by the Center for American Progress [PDF].
May 4, 2015
Will Midwest Governors Drain the Great Lakes to Foster Sprawl?
A story with major implications for development patterns in the U.S. is playing out right now in greater Milwaukee.
May 4, 2015
Putting TIGER Spending in Perspective
The House's current transportation spending bill calls for reducing the share of federal spending that goes to TIGER, a grant program for sustainable transportation projects in cities, from $500 to $100 million. The budget, meanwhile, holds highway funding steady.
May 1, 2015
Bipartisan Bill Proposes National Complete Streets Policy
Streets that safely accommodate everyone, from motorists to cyclists, pedestrians, and transit users -- complete streets -- have become policy for many American communities, having been implemented in more than 700 local jurisdictions and states around the country. A new bill in Washington attempts, again, to make complete streets the federal standard as well.
May 1, 2015